Recordings Reveal Baby Humpback Whales 'Whisper' To Their Mothers
Baby humpback whales seem to whisper to their mothers, according to scientists who have captured the infant whales' quiet grunts and squeaks.
The recordings, described in the journal Functional Ecology, are the first ever made with devices attached directly to the baby whales.
"When they're born, these whales are around 5 meters long," says Simone Videsen at Aarhus University in Denmark, who notes that this is "pretty big considering it's a baby."
The baby whales must travel with their mothers for thousands of miles during an annual migration to the food-rich waters of the Antarctic. Exactly w
